Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Dec 1908		Born
16 Jun 1935	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Feb 1964	55.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Feb 1964	55.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arsacal
21 Apr 1964	55.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arsacal
1 Jun 1969	60.4	Appointed	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
30 Jun 1983	74.5	Retired	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Aug 1994	85.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

MicroData Summary
Vincent Martin Leonard
Bishop Vincent Martin Leonard
(born 11 Dec 1908, died 28 Aug 1994)
Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh

Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Priest Latrobe, PA, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul, Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death Place Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Buried Place (Original) Calvary, Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

a priest for 59.1 years
a bishop for 30.3 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop John Joseph Wright †
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †
Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
Bishop William Graham Connare †
Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Wright † (1947)
Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Archbishop Richard James Cushing † (1939)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
William Henry Cardinal O’Connell † (1901)
Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Francesco di Paolo Cardinal Satolli † (1888)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop William Regis Fey, O.F.M. Cap. † (1968)
Bishop Paul Joseph Bradley (1971)
Bishop Thomas Joseph Tobin (1973)
Bishop David Allen Zubik (1975)
Daniel Nicholas Cardinal DiNardo (1977)
Bishop Edward James Burns (1983)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Cyril John Vogel † (1965)
Bishop Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † (1966)
Bishop John Bernard McDowell † (1966)
Bishop Anthony Gerard Bosco † (1970)
Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1984)

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 42629829
WikiData: Q7931908

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 141, Necrology (back)
c1: CB, 9 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 4, Number 162
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1964, Number 36

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